Meathead

So it looks like I may have made my once meat loving daughter into a vegetarian....and no not on purpose. Last week when it was 70 degrees out we decided to barbecue. I got a huge steak for Keaton and Collin to share. Kiwi, as usual, stood next to me in the kitchen as I made dinner. The whole time I was cooking she kept asking for meat to eat, she was very excited by the steak idea. As I was tenderizing the meat, it somehow slipped off the plate and landed directly on Kiwi's head! It slid down her face, hit her stomach and landed on her feet. She had cow blood all over her, poor thing just starting crying. She was less than enthusiastic to eat her dinner that night, and ever since then has been a little skittish around steak. ~ and by the way, the picture above is not of the "meat incident", seemed a little inappropriate to take pictures as she screamed while covered in blood.....just thought it was a funny picture.

Baby Blog

So as most of you can tell our mother is not overly good at keeping up with this whole blog thing, so we thought we would take over and show you all what we've been up to....I mean it's been over two whole months, and in baby time that's like four years, we are very grown up! (We know there is suppose to be a dash in there, but Kiwi spilled juice on the laptop and that, along with eleven other important keys, no longer work).

REAGAN EMMA

As for me, I am a whopping nine months old now, hard to believe I know. I drive my mother insane by trying to walk already. I pride myself on how fast I can crawl, but I feel it's time to move on and keep up with my big sister, so I took my first steps last week. And I practice my walking everyday by pulling myself up on anything that will stand still for a moment, including Kiwi.

I have two bottom teeth now, see....

I enjoy my new teeth, but getting them sure does make me cranky! I am getting four new ones right now, which is awesome, makes it much easier to bite loved ones when you have upper and lower teeth....yep, I'm a biter people!!!

My hobbies, besides biting, include playing with blocks, peekaboo, stealing my sister's toys, and searching for food on the floor that I shouldn't eat. I also love to play with daddy, and really enjoy sitting on his shoulders and yanking his hair.




Kiwi loves it when I pull her hair too, she just screams with joy!

Well that's my nine months in a nutshell....a very small, baby nutshell.

Keaton Grace

I am 2 now, and it shows! I can do (and undo) so much, it's amazing! I love to climb, run, jump and twirl in circles till I am too dizzy to stand. I am also quite the talker, my vocabulary grows everyday, and I am even learning to talk in sentences!




Well, I am officially a princess. I got a throne for my second birthday from Aunta, I like to sit in it wearing my Cinderella dress and demand my family to bring me things.

I also received an art kit from Grandma and Buddy for my birthday, and boy am I good painter! Check out one of my pieces of art below, pretty good huh? I am thinking about putting a collection together and having a show sometime soon, time and place to be announced.




My parents recently decided that I was too big for my "nuni" and tried to take it away...but I showed them who was boss, now like to suck on two just to spite them.






I had a fabulous Easter, dyed eggs for the first time and then went on the big hunt for them...all while wearing my beautiful new dress that Grandma bought me. My sister had a matching one too, we were pretty darn cute (check the bunny teeth)!






My future plans for the time being are learning to share a bit better with my sister, potty training and spilling less juice... we'll see how I do!

Better late than never.....I guess

I know, I know, you don't have to tell me, it's pathetic..... it has been way too long since the last post. And I will save you my long list of not-so-good excuses (does Kiwi routinely putting my camera in obscure places count as a bad excuse???) and get right to the recap of all our holiday fun! We kicked off Christmas-palooza with a delicious Christmas Eve dinner at 4 Daughters Pub (shameless plug!!) followed by opening presents at CoCo's house. We all dressed in our finest as you can see, with Kiwi pairing her lovely Christmas dress with her once pink-now gray Uggs :) We then headed to Portland where we spent Christmas day at Grandma and Grandpa's, or as Kiwi has taken to calling Doug, "Buddy". We had a great day; opened presents, brunched at Aunties, ate a great dinner at Juice and Robin's new house, and to top it all off, it snowed most of the day too! After returning home we headed to Newport Beach to spend New Years with "Ry and Cole" (Ryan and Nicole). Surprisingly the girls weren't the biggest issue on the plane ride, that award goes to the eight bags we decided to bring along.....ugggghhh. Once we got there we had so much fun, especially Kiwi, who was in high heaven with all the "bissesses" (princesses) she got to see. First Ryan and Nicole hooked us up with box seats to Disney's Princesses on Ice. Never in my life have I seen Kiwi sit for so long, she was mesmerized...and also a little disturbed when Snow White face- planted. Then the next day we all went to Disneyland. Despite the looks on their faces, they had a great time. Kiwi enjoyed seeing all of the characters, the Jungle Boat Cruise, and the parade, (but I think those churros ranked number one with her!). And of course Grandma and Buddy had to buy Reagan her first pair of ears while we were there, could she be any cuter!?! Well after a week we reluctantly headed home from our So Cal trip (70 degrees there, 30 degrees Medford) and tried to get back to some sort of normal routine. Even though our little holiday was a whirlwind, it was worth every busy second!

Song N Dance

It's your lucky day.... You get a free ticket to the hottest concert in town! Keaton Lindsey is here to sing you her first single, "Mermaid and Cinderella" (in her pj's). Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FLrm8cF9Gk

Over the river and through the woods...

...to grandmother's (and grandfather's) house we go! Our whirlwind Thanksgiving began with an early start at grandma CoCo's house for what else, but a pumpkin pie breakfast! We ate our pie, watched football and chased Keaton around. Then we went back home, put on our "pretties" and headed to the Skinner Family portion of our Thanksgiving. At Aunt Marcia's we ate yummy appetizers, drank wine, and chased Keaton around (the golf course this time). We then headed back to grandma CoCo's for the main attraction - dinner! As always the food was delicious and the company was absolutely entertaining, with little Sean telling us his "wishbone wish" was for it to rain a million pounds of bacon (I personally am hoping this one does not come true)! We ate more pie, Kiwi ate a plate of whip cream, chased her around again and then headed home to pack for our trip to Portland.

The next morning we woke up early, well more like Kiwi woke us up early, and drove in one straight shot (4 hours) to Portland, a true Thanksgiving miracle! The weekend was a blast, with Keaton and Reagan getting in lots of much needed Grandma and Grandpa time! The girls also enjoyed being able to spend time with all three of their uncles in the same place at the same time, pretty rare! In between all of the shopping and eating, Ian and Courtney had their engagement party, where the girls enjoyed showing all the guests what they do best; Reagan threw up on everyone (looks like Nicole doesn't mind though) and Kiwi, was well, crazy Kiwi. She ate grapes till she almost popped, threw a cue ball at her second cousin Madi (thanks Uncle Ryan) and serenaded the group with her own rendition of Bach's "Minuet" on the piano. All in all, I think she really enjoyed the fiesta. As always our trip felt way too short, with us not saying our "bu-byes" till the last possible minute...can't wait for Christmas to chase Keaton all around Portland again!

Tickle Me Reagan

Reagan is so ticklish, look at this video I posted on youtube of her laughing...

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Happy (Belated) Halloween!

"Trick-or-Treat" is right! In anticipation of this exciting holiday filled with one of Keaton's favorite things, candy, she woke up at the crack of dawn, 5 am. Much to my surprise (ha!) she didn't want to nap for most of the day, so I was blessed with this little hyped-up on sugar, sleep deprived child who didn't know which end was up. And at any moment I didn't know if I was going to get a trick or a treat from her - kisses or screaming. At least she sat long enough (in her sister's bumbo) for me to take this hilarious picture of her and Reagan in their Halloween "day" getup. After she woke from her much contested nap, I thought it would be fun to put her adorable "Fi Fi" the poodle costume on. She was not having it, she cried, flopped around and screamed for help as I tried to wrestle the jacket and pants on her. I finally succeeded, for one, very sad looking picture. Reagan, taking a cue from her older sister, decided she didn't want to wear her darling little duckie costume either, and proceeded to throw-up her entire bottle all over it. So that was the end of her costume. Kiwi, after much coercing put her costume back on and went for one trick-or-treating adventure, where she bypassed the candy they were handing out and darted inside for their dog. She really did not understand the whole concept of it...Why walk all that way for one piece of candy when you can get handfuls from willing family members??? I was lucky enough to snag two pictures of my little puppy..... And maybe it wasn't so much luck as it was candy bribery :)

These are a few of my favorite things....

Keaton has always enjoyed the finer things in Life....

She loves playing outside; running, jumping, exploring, throwing rocks, picking up leaves and poking at the occasional bug she finds.

One word - Elmo. Watching him is definitely one of the highlights of her day, and if Reagan and I are lucky, we get to sit on the couch and watch with her!

Another favorite that gives Kiwi thrills (and mom heart attacks), is circus training. She balances, hangs and climbs, and the higher up the furniture the better!

Being silly!

She makes me laugh everyday,

by dressing up, or down...don't ask,

nobody knows.....

Jumphouses with Aunta! A great find during our visit to the pumpkin patch. She enjoyed it so much that she now jumps non-stop in her crib!

And no one can tickle, chase or throw Kiwi in the air quiet like Daddy can!

Playing with him would be her favorite of all if she hadn't just discovered something so fun and new that she can do!

So what is the latest and greatest thing this cute little lady likes to do????

Throw UNBELIEVABLE Fits!

And we are not just talking a little crying here and there. We are talking about full-on throw yourself on the ground, growling, hyperventilating, 10 minute meltdowns. And what leads to these? ANYTHING!! If you hand her the wrong color popsicle, peel her string cheese the wrong way (as CoCo knows), tell her not to swing off the chandelier, etc.... And to think she hasn't even turned two yet.....

You Kiss Your Sister With That Mouth?

Today, for breakfast of course, Keaton wanted a huge Halloween bat cookie. Being the strict mother that I am, I let her indulge, I mean after all it is Halloween! But instead of eating her delectable treat, she decided to lick off every speck of festive black sprinkle that decorated it. This was the messy result: As Kiwi finished her "lollipop", she decided that her little sister shouldn't have to miss out on all the holiday fun! So she got Reagan in on this celebration by kissing her repeatedly on the head with that dirty mouth. And this was the (second) messy result: A happy, Eddie Munster-esque, Reagan. Who delighted in every black sticky kiss, but of course she did, I mean after all it is Halloween!